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I.  Circular  No.  13,  curreiii^scTiw 

II.  Commandants  will  relL])i,  (^?^^tll^  nosSj+j-o  (T^is:;c^a  siiSli'ir;f>\Jiiil)or  to  cffmpose 
tlicir  Camp  Guard  and  siijiportln^j:  for(.'(J%kiiik|ir(>rL'^;is*tipi^v  :is  p^silw»i  totert^-anize  into  compa- 
nies, peivoris  oi' the  said  reserve  CIass(>s  S1ri'a4i  (•nr()tW.  X   ^^         Vx  V 

III.  Commiindants  will  insftintl_\Vlesi};Mlfc^pr()|^^|Soii(V/.I()ii>»^in(Quder  all  pcrs^ous  of 
llic  reserve  Classes  to  report  at  such%^Mh:v,v(jS^)n>l^  sixteeii«fc<Iay^»WsVpl4j  tor  the  purpose  of 
electing  Comjiany  OfHcers,  and  bein;;'  anyinize^^ilito  Coinpaniea                    ^       A 

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IV.  The  instant  org-ani/,ati*in  of  Ijftese  Classes  is  (| 
all  sueli  persons  as  do  not  appear  at  the  rendezVous  on  the  da\- 
cd  at  the  discretion  of  the  Commandant. 

Unless  otii'.rwise  instructed  Cor.imandauts  will  forward  the  Muster  Koll  direct  to  this 
Bureau. 

By  order  of 

COL.  JOHN  S.  PRESTON,  SiiperiuJendanI . 

C.  B.  DUFFIELD,  J.  A.  General. 

II.  Pursuant  to  the  above  Circ'dar  the  followinji;  Camps  of  Instruction,  viz  : 

For  the  1st,  2d,  Sd,  4th  and  5th  Cong:  Districts— Camp  Buckncr,  Talladega,  Ala.; 

For  the  7th  and  8th  Cong:  Districts— Camp  Watts,  Notasulga,  Ala.; 

For  the  6th  and  'Jth  Cong:  Districts — Camp  Preston,  Montgomery,  xVla.; 
are  de.-igiiated  as  points  to  which   all   parties  enrolled   under   General  Order  No.  12,  from  this  oftico, 
except  such  as  join  some  Company  for  local  defense,  wiil  be  ordered  by  Enrolling  Officers  as  soon  as 
enrolled. 

III.  Commandants  of  Camps  of  fnstruction  will  retain  out  of  the  reserve  classes  a  sufficient 
number  to  compose  their  camp  guard,  and  one  Company  of  sixty-four  men  for  each  Congressional 
District  under  their  control,  organize  them  into  Companies  and  forward  their  Muster  Rolls  to  this 
office.  In  organizing  these  Companies,  Commandants  will  bo  guided  by  Par:  XIX,  Circular  No.  8, 
Bureau  of  Conscription,  and  will  allow  all,  except  those  organized  as  camp  guards,  to  elect  their  officers. 

IV.  District  Enrolling  Officers  will  require  an<l  forward  to  this  office  the  ]\fuster  Rolls  of  all 
Corapanics  for  local  defense  in  their  res[)ecti''e  districts,  giving  their  discriptive  rolls  in  full. 

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